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Chapter 540 War begins

Originally, all the civil and military officials in the court, including Jingwei, felt that Li Qingyuan's request to launch an attack on the Qin army was inappropriate.

Although the morale of the Tang soldiers is indeed very high now, their hard power is indeed inferior to that of the Qin soldiers.

There is no way. Qin law is indeed inhumane, but because of the sedimentation of more than a hundred years, most people in Qin have now engraved that perverted law into their bones as if it were the law of nature. So even though Li Qingyuan, as a later generation, thinks that the so-called Qin law is so ridiculous, the old Qin people don’t feel anything strange.

Just like the photo of the Sun Country where the first thing to do when a sudden disaster happened was to rescue the leader instead of his wife and children, this kind of thing would seem incredible to any normal person, but it is absolutely correct in the Sun Country.

So what to say!

Some people say that Koreans are dogs raised by America, with no dignity of their own, and are definitely traitors compared to the sun.

But it seems that I have only heard of people from the Sun Country risking their lives to escape to Korea, but I have never heard of Korean people going to the Sun Country for their dignity?
"It is natural for soldiers to fight in wars! I treat soldiers so well now, and you tell me we can't fight?"

Li Qingyuan acted directly and arbitrarily this time. He waved his hand and gave the order. Li Si, Fan Yuqi and others thought about it and felt that the king was right!

These days, the King of Tang always has wild ideas and issues a lot of incomprehensible and even stupid decrees. What do people think of him?

Rather than saying that he is a high and mighty king, it would be better to say that he is a dandy who plays with the world. He is just the kind of dandy who does whatever he wants and has relatively high moral qualities!
But it was not until now that Li Qingyuan gave a direct order that everyone realized that the king only looked like a dandy, but was not really a dandy.

The treatment of Tang soldiers was definitely the best in the world. It can even be said that such military service has never been heard of since ancient times.

After three meals a day, you will have meat and vegetables every other day, and you will even receive a salary corresponding to your rank every month. As long as you are proficient in turning left and right and marching in formation, you can be promoted to a third-class private and be allocated ten acres of private land. With each promotion, you can get more land. If you die in a battle, you can get a ten-year military pension corresponding to your position and corresponding land rewards. To be honest, this kind of treatment was only available when countries used to keep loyal soldiers!

So what did Li Qingyuan say?

Nothing wrong at all?

At the beginning, Li Si, Fan Yuqi and others opposed it only subconsciously because they felt that it was a bit risky for the Tang Dynasty to fight against the Qin Dynasty so soon after its establishment. After all, the Qin Dynasty had been beating the six kingdoms in the east of the Guanzhong region for more than a hundred years, and it was almost causing psychological trauma to these countries.

But after thinking about it carefully, they felt relieved.

Qin soldiers are human beings, and so are we. What is there that we can't fight?
So much money, so much land, and so much meat have been eaten, plus the best armor and weapons. Let’s not talk about whether we can win or not. If we don’t even have the courage to fight, then what’s the point of spending money to feed these guys?
"We can fight! We can definitely fight! I will go and recruit the troops now!"

At that moment, all the generals and officers immediately began to express their loyalty. Anyone who spoke slowly at this time would be labeled as unpatriotic!
"Your Majesty, with the current quality and morale of our soldiers, it should not be difficult to capture Hangu Pass. However, Hangu Pass is located in the most dangerous place in the world. Without someone to help build siege equipment, it will be impossible to take it." Seeing a group of generals all excitedly preparing to go to war, Li Si immediately spoke up.

As a top talent who had stayed in Qin for several years, Li Si naturally understood that with the current prestige and combat effectiveness of the Tang army, and the fact that a large force of the Qin army was still fighting with the Zhao army in the Shangdang area, it should not be a problem for Fan Yuqi to lead his troops to reach Hangu Pass.

After all, why has Henan been called the Central Plains since ancient times? Isn’t it because there is not even a decent pass in this area of thousands of miles?
This terrain is great for farming, but it would be a real pain in the ass if used for war!
Over the years, the six countries have organized many coalition forces to attack the Qin State. In the beginning, they were like a crushing force, but in the end, when they reached Hangu Pass, they could not get in at all and were defeated by exhaustion.

Therefore, the reason why Qin was able to unify the world was not only because of its poor character, but also because of its geographical location.

If Qi had a natural barrier like Hangu Pass to withstand the coalition forces of five countries, then the first unified dynasty should have been Qi!

When Li Si said this, he kept looking at Master Ban who was sitting next to him. It was obvious that he wanted Li Qingyuan to ask this old man to help build siege equipment.

Before the Song Dynasty, officials such as the prime minister had seats even when they attended court. Master Ban, as a representative of the Mohist school, had just been pardoned and conferred the title of Miaoshou Hou by someone, so naturally he was also qualified to sit in the court.

In fact, Master Ban was originally planning to leave after Wang Jian withdrew his troops. They, the Mohist school, came to Qin just to cause trouble. Now that Qin has retreated, they should leave as well!
However, Li Qingyuan kept Master Ban and his disciples on the pretext that they needed to build a palace. After all, the Mohist school was really good at building houses.

Master Ban would naturally not refuse. The principle of Mohism is to love all and not to attack, which means to oppose war. But what do so many disciples of Mohism eat on a daily basis?
But building bridges and roads is their main business, and building palaces can not only get them paid but also give the younger generation training. Why would he refuse?
Master Ban even gladly accepted the title of Marquis of Miaoshou that Li Qingyuan bestowed on him. After all, it was not uncommon to be directly conferred a title of nobility as long as one had made contributions these days.

"Your Majesty, we agreed at the beginning that if Qin attacks Luoyang, my disciples and I will take the lead. But if you lead a large army to attack Qin, then we really cannot take action!"

Master Ban stood up at this time and said to Li Qingyuan.

"It doesn't matter. Since I promised you at the beginning, I won't force you!"

Li Qingyuan smiled indifferently. The Mohists were just stubborn people. If viewed from the perspective of maintaining great unity or the overall perspective of the Chinese nation, they were simply a group of retrogrades who went against the historical trend.

But!
Such a group of technical geeks who don’t interfere in politics at all are actually pretty good, right?
Of course, Li Qingyuan decided to let Mojia specialize in researching some comfortable things in life, such as the aerial hot spring and tumbling bed designed for him. Mojia can specialize in this technology in the future.

And the way to attack?

I have to say that Gongshujia still has more prospects!
(End of this chapter)